We’re Tony & Peggy Barthel and we’re working to help you be a StressLess Camper.
We speak with Janine Pettit and Lesa McDermott from Girl Camper who have a bunch of nifty holiday goodies including locally-crafted and hand-made gift ideas just in time for the holidays. We always enjoy spending time with these wonderful ladies and we hope you do too - plus there's some great gift inspirations that you can create yourself and others that support local artisans. Nice!
More handy fun gifts for the RVers. We’re back with another list of some small, affordable and fun things you can give to your favorite RVer - especially if that’s yourself! We also have news about the future of towable RVs and some incredible developments that are being made. We also have a nifty water filter that’s so small it’ll fit in your cup holder - but works like a champ.
We have a collection of great reads by and for RVers. The authors we spoke with are RVers who also happen to be authors and have some great reads. From mysteries to tips to recipes to ways to save money, this is a great collection of books and their authors.
Once again we head to the campfire with friends and family to share some recipes that could be great for Thanksgiving as well as holidays and just camping. We’ve got three guests with some terrific, easy camping recipes that will make camping even more delicious.
Shopping for nifty gadgets that make your RV experience more StressLess is its own challenge and we speak with Eric and Tami Johnson from TechnoRV which carefully vets some of the best products RVers will want. We look at some of their favorite must-have RV gadgets that can save you time, money and even make your pets safer just in time for Black Friday.
In this podcast episode we look at some of the best safety gear for RVers and have these 11 must have items for RV safety. You can use this list to setup holiday gift list or just a checklist for your own safe travels with your RV.
We also things we saw while traveling through Roswell, New Mexico including the International UFO Museum.
As colder temps draw near have some tips abut using a space heater in a camper. And then, we speak with Scott & Taylor about what it takes to build a campground from scratch and how they have plans to bring new ideas and smarter features to what they’re working on. We got to stay at their campground and their vision is exciting!
This year’s fourth annual Halloween podcast episode where we share some spooky stories from around the campfire. From ghosts to werewolves, spirits and scary sounds these spine-chilling tales might have you packing up camp and running for home…or they might be just the places you’ll want to haunt soon.
Driven to Wonder author Michael Boyink shares his stories, tips and thoughts about spending eight years on the road with his family. He talks about starting and ending the journey and even how he redefined worship on the road. Further, as introverts, he speaks to finding community on the road. The book is a compendium of over 100 adventures with beautiful pictures and is an enjoyable read.
RVers face particular challenges when it comes to medical insurance overage and we speak with a full-time RVer whose company specializes in medical insurance for RVers. Did you know your coverage might force you to return to the place where you call home for coverage?
The StressLess Camping RV podcast is coming to you from the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta where we speak with a balloon pilot who is also travels in a vintage RV as well as a member of the ground crew who is a full-time RVer. The Balloon Fiesta is a huge RV boondocking event that also features hot air balloons.
Learn to build your adventure habit and be an untourist with Ordinary Sherpa founder Heidi Dusek. She has literally written the book on family adventures and Heidi talks about ways you can have an adventure near or far. You can also plan your adventures around favorite things like ice cream.
The Border Hookups travels north America playing great music and sharing great adventures with their audience and we sat down with them to hear about their fun adventure. Then we look at a game changing RV gadget and even visit a Tiny House to see what all the fuss is about.
RV weight safety and wheel position weighing can mean safe travels and Jeff Gaston tours the country weighing RVs and joined us from MY RV School. An overweight RV can experience significant failure and Jeff tells how to be a safer traveler.
Jeff Gaston tours the country teaching RV fire safety and fire suppression and joined us from MY RV School to share some of the things he teaches to keep you fire safe in your RV. Plus he talks about fire suppression and even how to escape a fire.
On this week’s RV podcast we share tips and ideas to safely navigate mountain roads with your RV.
Whether you’re towing or driving these tips can help you get up and down mountain roads more StressLessly.
RV gadgets and gizmos are some of our favorite ways to make our RV adventure better. This week on our RV podcast we share some of the best RV gadgets that we’ve gotten our hands on lately.
How is your RV made? How can you better maintain it? We spent a week touring plants the make RV components and then concluded that with a day of RV Owners School. Lippert components makes a huge number of parts in your RV and we find out how they’re made, how well they’re made and then how to maintain these systems.
Ben Miller and Stacy Johnson from ABC Upfitters share a demonstration model of MasterVolt systems available in some 2023 models and also available to upfit into existing RVs. Solar and lithium power packages are becoming more popular and ABC Upfitters can help you get the power package that is right for your RV and your camping style.
Driven to Wonder author Michael Boyink shares his stories, tips and thoughts about spending eight years on the road with his family. He talks about starting and ending the journey and even how he redefined worship on the road. Further, as introverts, he speaks to finding community on the road. The book is a compendium of over 100 adventures with beautiful pictures and is an enjoyable read.
